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  • 102 Dalmatians (2000)
    Review preview for 102 Dalmatians

    The film would embarrass a turkey farmer.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    Cruella gets out of the pokey and is soon back to her old tricks.
  • Albert Nobbs (2011)
    Review preview for Albert Nobbs

    What really makes the film work is the ambiguity around its central character.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Albert is a servant with a secret, born as a girl but living and working as a man in a world where everybody seems to be hiding something.
  • La Bola Negra (2026)
    Review preview for La Bola Negra

    La Bola Negra was an unfinished work in a life cut short but the film named (variously) for it is extension and tribute and triumph.

    Andrew Robertson · 4.5 out of 5
    Drama exploring the inter-connected lives of three gay men.
  • Cookie's Fortune (1998)
    Review preview for Cookie's Fortune

    Altman has chosen the perfect cast.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    Ensemble drama centring on a death.
  • Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
    Review preview for Dangerous Liaisons

    As the story glides gracefully from pitch-black comedy to complicated tragedy, you are in no doubt this is a film which happened at the right time in the careers of its two central stars, and for cinema.

    James Benefield · 4 out of 5
    Making a game out of sex, love and relationships has dire consequences in eighteenth century France.
  • Le Divorce (2003)
    Review preview for Le Divorce

    Everything about the film is ill-judged, miscast and intellectually anorexic.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    Rom-com centring two Americans in Paris.
  • Evening (2007)
    Review preview for Evening

    Evening has all the advantages one might hope for. It's a shame, then, that it doesn't quite fulfill its potential.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    A dying woman recounts her past romances to her daughters, who are struggling with their own love lives.
  • Fatal Attraction (1987)
    Review preview for Fatal Attraction

    At the core of Adrian Lyne's sumptuously photographed fable is an encounter with real chemistry and a vital balance that makes us question - if only for brief moments - whose side we should be on.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A woman becomes dangerously obsessed when she is ignored by the married man with whom she had a one night stand.
  • Four Good Days (2020)
    Review preview for Four Good Days

    Kunis’ performance is raw and ugly in just the way it needs to be.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Ten years of opioids have left Molly’s life in shambles. A new drug may give her a chance to break free if she is able to stay clean for four days, with the help of her mother Deb, a tough, clear-eyed woman. Their love will be tested to the limits.
  • Greystoke (1984)
    Review preview for Greystoke

    Christopher Lambert's soulful performance creates real emotion where the film might otherwise have descended into camp.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    The story of Tarzan, who grows up in the jungle and is later reintroduced to upper class English society.
  • The Girl With All The Gifts (2016)
    Review preview for The Girl With All The Gifts

    It's never easy to remain true to Armageddon while retaining a positive attitude towards life after life

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A scientist and a child make a bid for survival in a world of zombies.
  • Guardians Of The Galaxy (2014)
    Review preview for Guardians Of The Galaxy

    Overall, Guardians of the Galaxy is good fun.

    Owen Van Spall · 3 out of 5
    A pilot is tracked by bounty hunters after stealing a mysterious orb.
  • Hamlet (1990)
    Review preview for Hamlet

    Gibson's courage captures criticism. He leaps at the role with such raw excitement that comparisons are superfluous.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    Mel Gibson brings a lighter touch to the anguished prince of Denmark
  • Hillbilly Elegy (2020)
    Review preview for Hillbilly Elegy

    Recycled, repetitive and dull, Hillbilly Elegy strives for sincerity but lacks sufficient conviction to be either meaningful or entertaining.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    An urgent phone call pulls a Yale Law student back to his Ohio hometown, where he reflects on three generations of family history and his own future.
  • Hoodwinked (2005)
    The truth about Little Red Riding Hood.
  • The Lavender Scare (2017)
    Review preview for The Lavender Scare

    There have been a lot of LGBT history documentaries around... this is by far the best.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    A documentary about what happened with the US government, at the height of the Cold War, ran out of suspected communists and started looking for LGBT people instead.
  • Mars Attacks! (1996)
    Review preview for Mars Attacks!

    Rarely has the title of a film summed it up so well - or so completely.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Little green men invade the Earth.
  • The Stepford Wives (2004)
    Review preview for The Stepford Wives

    Featuring an up to scratch all-star cast, it is Close who really shines, with a cracking quirky little performance, again demonstrating her range.

    David Stanners · 3.5 out of 5
    Sci-fi/comedy thriller where a seemingly perfect American suburb, with unfeasibly obedient women, raises suspicious eyebrows amongst the latest newcomers.
  • The Summer Book (2024)
    Review preview for The Summer Book

    If you’re a Close fan, it’s a must.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    After the death of her mother, a young girl goes to live with her grieving father and her grandmother on a remote Finnish island.
  • Things You Can Tell Just By Looking At Her (1999)
    Review preview for Things You Can Tell Just By Looking At Her

    Every frame is exquisitely constructed, every breath measured.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Disparate lives of five Californan women in search of something else.
  • The World According To Garp (1982)
    Review preview for The World According To Garp

    Garp was only the second big screen leading role for Williams (after Popeye) but he really gets to show his range.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A voyage through the lifetime of an ambitious writer overshadowed by his celebrated feminist mother.
  • The Wife (2017)
    Review preview for The Wife

    Björn Runge is in no hurry to reveal his characters' faults or their history, letting his camera linger on Close and Pryce, so we can see the thoughts that swim on after the words die away.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm, where her husband is to receive an award.

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